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3. WE HAVE WRITTEN SEPARATELY TO COPENHAGEN ABOUT THE SMALL NUMBER

OF PLACES ALLOCATED TO HONG KONG FROM DENMARK'S 1980 QUOTA OF 500. WE HAVE JUST SEEN A PRESS REPORT OF 11 JANUARY THAT ITALY PLANS TO ACCEPT A FURTHER 2,000 REFUGEES FROM INDO-CHINA BUT DO NOT YET KNOW HOW MANY WILL BE TAKEN FROM HONG KONG. IN ALL SUCH CASES, TOGETHER WITH MAJOR RESETLLEMENT COUNTRIES, WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL

IF POSTS CONCERNED WOULD REMIND LOCAL OFFICIALS OF THE COMPARATIVE FIGURES IN PARA 1 ABOVE AND IF UKMIS GENEVA WOULD MAINTAIN PRESSURE ON UNHCR TO BE MORE ACTIVE IN SEEKING TO IMPROVE THE RESETTLEMENT

PROSPECTS OF REFUGEES HERE.

BANGKOK PSE PASS SAVING TO HANOI

CATER

FILES

MR MURRAY

ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION

FK & GD

SEAD

BOAT PEOPLE

LORD NG LENNOX

UND

FED

EID

PUSD

OID

IPD

NEWS DEFT

PS

PS/LPS

PS/MR BLAKER

PS/PUS

SIR D MAITLAND

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